EP2286903A3 - Method and apparatus for dissolving oxygen in water - Google Patents

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EP2286903A3
EP2286903A3 EP20100015157 EP10015157A EP2286903A3 EP 2286903 A3 EP2286903 A3 EP 2286903A3 EP 20100015157 EP20100015157 EP 20100015157 EP 10015157 A EP10015157 A EP 10015157A EP 2286903 A3 EP2286903 A3 EP 2286903A3
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Karsten Glomset
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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    • A01K63/04—Arrangements for treating water specially adapted to receptacles for live fish
    • A01K63/042—Introducing gases into the water, e.g. aerators, air pumps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
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    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
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    • B01F23/232—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids using flow-mixing means for introducing the gases, e.g. baffles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01F23/2326—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids using flow-mixing means for introducing the gases, e.g. baffles adding the flowing main component by suction means, e.g. using an ejector
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    • B01F23/237—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids characterised by the physical or chemical properties of gases or vapours introduced in the liquid media
    • B01F23/2376—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids characterised by the physical or chemical properties of gases or vapours introduced in the liquid media characterised by the gas being introduced
    • B01F23/23761—Aerating, i.e. introducing oxygen containing gas in liquids
    • B01F23/237612—Oxygen
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B01F25/31242—Injector mixers in conduits or tubes through which the main component flows with Venturi elements; Details thereof characterised by the place of introduction of the main flow the main flow being injected in the central area of the venturi, creating an aspiration in the circumferential part of the conduit
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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Abstract

Method for dissolving oxygen in water using a nozzle unit injecting oxygen flanged into the pipeline entering an oxygenating cone, characterized by recycling oxygen from the top of the cone to the nozzle unit.
EP20100015157 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Method and apparatus for dissolving oxygen in water Active EP2286903B1 (en)

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NO20042102A NO318970B1 (en) 2004-05-21 2004-05-21 Oxygenation nozzle
EP20050076207 EP1598106A3 (en) 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Nozzle unit

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EP05076207.9 Division 2005-05-18

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EP2286903A2 EP2286903A2 (en) 2011-02-23
EP2286903A3 true EP2286903A3 (en) 2011-06-22
EP2286903B1 EP2286903B1 (en) 2012-06-27

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EP20050076207 Ceased EP1598106A3 (en) 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Nozzle unit
EP20100193277 Active EP2327470B1 (en) 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Nozzle element and its use
EP20100015157 Active EP2286903B1 (en) 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Method and apparatus for dissolving oxygen in water

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EP20050076207 Ceased EP1598106A3 (en) 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Nozzle unit
EP20100193277 Active EP2327470B1 (en) 2004-05-21 2005-05-18 Nozzle element and its use

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US (1) US7533874B2 (en)
EP (3) EP1598106A3 (en)
AR (1) AR052762A1 (en)
BR (1) BRPI0501776B1 (en)
DK (2) DK2327470T3 (en)
ES (2) ES2389615T3 (en)
NO (1) NO318970B1 (en)
PT (2) PT2286903E (en)

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US20050275119A1 (en) 2005-12-15
EP2286903A2 (en) 2011-02-23
BRPI0501776A (en) 2007-09-18
NO20042102A (en) 2005-05-30
EP2286903B1 (en) 2012-06-27
DK2327470T3 (en) 2015-03-23
EP1598106A3 (en) 2008-04-23
ES2389615T3 (en) 2012-10-29
US7533874B2 (en) 2009-05-19
EP2327470A1 (en) 2011-06-01
EP1598106A2 (en) 2005-11-23
PT2327470E (en) 2015-03-24
AR052762A1 (en) 2007-04-04
BRPI0501776B1 (en) 2019-02-12
NO318970B1 (en) 2005-05-30
ES2532472T3 (en) 2015-03-27
DK2286903T3 (en) 2012-09-24
EP2327470B1 (en) 2014-12-17
PT2286903E (en) 2012-09-07

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